Piper PA-34 accidents

The NTSB database holds 671 accidents and incidents involving the Piper PA-34, recorded between 1970 to 2026. 167 of them were fatal (25%), and 395 people died.

The deadliest year was 1976, with 23 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (120 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Brazil and Mexico.

299 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

671

Records

167

Fatal

395

Deaths

25%

Share fatal

1970 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 372 of 671 have coordinates

By decade

1970s 153

1980s 204

1990s 127

2000s 114

2010s 46

2020s 27

Where these happened

United States 607 Brazil 11 Mexico 5 Germany 3 Ecuador 3 Bahamas 3

Operators involved

Air Desert Pacific 3 Piper Aircraft 2 Air Exec Inc 2 Burnside-Ott A 2 Aero National 2 Air Executive 2

All 671 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
22 Oct 2000	Piper PA-34 LVVFB	Chacabuco, Argentina no coordinates	Servicios Aereos Bahienses	Fatal	11
30 Jan 2009	Piper PA-34-200T N8047C	Huntington, West Virginia, United States	Wieslaw Dobrzanski	Fatal	6
13 Oct 2006	Piper PA-34-200 PT-ISF	Victoria, Brazil	-	Fatal	6
28 Aug 1995	Piper PA-34-200T N2082D	Poznan, Poland no coordinates	Herman LEE Giger	Fatal	6
17 Mar 1993	Piper PA-34-200 N55334	Carpenteria, California, United States	George F. Woll	Fatal	6
15 Oct 1990	Piper PA-34-200T N31575	Lascahobas, Haiti no coordinates	Herde, Marco	Fatal	6
23 Apr 1984	Piper PA-34-220T N8443H	Mt Airy, Georgia, United States	-	Fatal	6
17 Aug 1979	Piper PA-34 N32418	Wendover, Utah, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	6
18 May 1976	Piper PA-34 N55951	Petersburg, Alaska, United States no coordinates	LAB Flying SER	Fatal	6
24 Dec 2003	Piper PA-34-200T N3747U	Avalon, California, United States	Long Beach Flying Club	Fatal	5
27 Nov 2002	Piper PA-34-220T N699WG	McAlester, Oklahoma, United States	-	Fatal	5
2 Nov 1996	Piper PA-34-200 N1701K	Halawa, Hawaii, United States	-	Fatal	5
4 Sep 1988	Piper PA-34-220T N83874	Carthage, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	5
30 Sep 1984	Piper PA-34-220T N999YP	Turbotville, Pennsylvania, United States	-	Fatal	5
27 Mar 1983	Piper PA-34-200T N5885V	Roanoke, Virginia, United States	-	Fatal	5
1 Jan 1981	Piper PA-34 N56936	El Cajon, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	5
4 Jul 1978	Piper PA-34 N56954	Ysmite Nat Pk, California, United States no coordinates	Pacific Wing A	Fatal	5
4 Dec 1976	Piper PA-34 N15698	Forked River, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Ocean Aviation	Fatal	5
9 Jul 1973	Piper PA-34 N4895T	Goleta, California, United States no coordinates	Air Tarriffs C	Fatal	5
16 May 2011	Piper PA-34-200 PT-IFS	Sao Pedro, Brazil	Aeroclube de Piracicaba	Fatal	4
28 Oct 2008	Piper PA-34 HK-2446	Nuqui, Colombia no coordinates	Aeroexpreso Del Pacifico	Fatal	4
5 Mar 2003	Piper PA-34-220T N9257X	Rexburg, Idaho, United States	-	Fatal	4
28 Oct 2002	Piper PA-34-200T YV2459P	Caraballeda, Venezuela	-	Fatal	4
25 Jan 2001	Piper PA-34-200T N747AG	Augeburg, Germany no coordinates	Fa Skybeam, Germany	Fatal	4
2 Sep 1985	Piper PA-34-200T N75015	Ogden, Utah, United States	Charles W. Ewing, MD	Fatal	4
3 Mar 1985	Piper PA-34-220T N8160K	Stigler, Oklahoma, United States	-	Fatal	4
21 Nov 1984	Piper PA-34-200T N2245F	Independence, California, United States	-	Fatal	4
12 Dec 1983	Piper PA-34-200T N66MZ	Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, United States	-	Fatal	4
1 May 1983	Piper PA-34-200T N1091X	Stover, Missouri, United States	-	Fatal	4
3 Nov 1982	Piper PA-34-200T N8096D	Canjilon, New Mexico, United States	Wolfgang H. Pogzeba	Fatal	4
2 Nov 1982	Piper PA-34-220T N80960	Durango, Colorado, United States	Wolfgang H. Pogzeba	Fatal	4
7 Mar 1980	Piper PA-34 N36074	Pine Mountain, Georgia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
27 Mar 1979	Piper PA-34 N2257M	Lander, Wyoming, United States no coordinates	Wyoming Centra	Fatal	4
9 Oct 1976	Piper PA-34 N15025	Busick, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Aero National	Fatal	4
25 Sep 1976	Piper PA-34 N15867	Kent, Washington, United States no coordinates	Green River FL	Fatal	4
21 Jun 1974	Piper PA-34 N15774	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Colorado Flyin	Fatal	4
6 Oct 2023	Piper PA 34 C-GTYH	Chilliwack BC, Canada no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
10 Nov 2013	Piper PA-34-220T PR-EAG	Parati, Brazil, Brazil	Sequoia Participacoes Ltda e outros	Fatal	3
2 Nov 2013	Piper PA-34 D-GRCP	Coburg, Germany	-	Fatal	3
24 May 2013	Piper PA-34-200T N31743	Johnstown, New York, United States	Campbell Associates At Curtiss Aero Inc	Fatal	3
23 May 2013	Piper PA-34 SP-HIN	Babia Gora, Poland	Phinanace SA	Fatal	3
25 Feb 2012	Piper PA-34 PR-LAB	Belém, Brazil	Globo Aviação Taxi Aéreo e Manutenção Ltda	Fatal	3
10 Feb 2007	Piper PA-34-200T N2195B	Gresse-en-Verco, France	-	Fatal	3
15 Dec 2006	Piper PA-34-220T EC-HOL	Cadiz, Spain no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
25 Jun 2006	Piper PA-34-220T N8371X	Tafton, Pennsylvania, United States	Walter M. Daggett	Fatal	3
2 Feb 2005	Piper PA-34-200T ZK-FMW	Taupo, New Zealand no coordinates	Christian Aviation Ltd.	Fatal	3
7 Jul 2003	Piper PA-34-200T N5636V	Montauk, New York, United States	Robert J. Hecker	Fatal	3
16 Dec 1996	Piper PA-34-200T N872SD	Birmingham, Alabama, United States	F and B Aviation Inc	Fatal	3
6 Jul 1992	Piper PA-34-200T N188AL	Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States	Alexandria Aviation Inc.	Fatal	3
29 Oct 1988	Piper PA-34-200 N666RW	Ocean City, Maryland, United States	-	Fatal	3